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Thursday, February 16, 2012

Needelman Calls Ellis A Liar In Brevard County Clerk of Courts Debate

BREVARD COUNTY, Florida -- The Brevard County Republican Executive Committee
hosted the first debate between current Brevard County Clerk of Court
Mitch Needelman and former Brevard County Clerk of Court Scott Ellis at
the Holiday Inn in Viera.

The hour-long debate was heated at times, where Needelman called Ellis a
liar and that Ellis' numbers were in "Fantasyland" while Ellis
characterized the environment at the Clerk's office as "evil."

The major issue between the two is whether Ellis left the Clerk's office
in the black prior to Needelman taking over. Ellis contended that
there wasn't any crisis to justify the extreme changes made to the
Clerk's office such as firing and rehiring Clerk employees through a
private company. Needelman said that it wasn't outsourcing, but staff sourcing of Clerk
employees which was put out to a competitive bid along with health insurance.

According to Needelman, there were three bids for the staff sourcing, and five bids for the health insurance.